Boels Dolmans Teamwork Wins in Women's Tour of Flanders

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Boels Dolmans Teamwork Wins in Women's Tour of Flanders

Boels Dolmans entered the Women's Tour of Flanders with a very strong team and was victorious. However, neither Anna van der Breggen, the current world champion, nor Jolienne Dufour, who had won the previous weekend in Ghent-Wevelgem and was one of the pre-race favorites to win, led the orange team to victory. Instead, Chantal van den Broeck-Braak and Amy Peters were the teammates to finish 1-2. Van den Broeck-Blaak rode alone in Aude Quaremont and held off the chase group. With no Boels-Dolmans riders on the podium in the 2019 Tour de Flanders, the team's riders had to perform, especially since it was also one of the last races for longtime sponsors Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscape Group The pressure was on to perform. In the absence of last year's winner Marta Bastianelli (Ale BTC Ljubljana), whose team is in quarantine for the Covid 19 positive, bib number one went to world champion and 2018 winner Anna van der Breggen.

However, van der Breggen showed up at the front of the peloton very early and pushed hard on the Canaryberg and Taienberg climbs, making the race tough. In a post-race interview, van den Broeck-Blake explained that the team agreed to support the World Champion as the most deluxe Dominique imaginable: "Anna said in yesterday's meeting, 'I'm here for you.' We have a strong group of riders - Jorian, Amy, and me. Van den Broeck-Braak's win in Ude Kwaremont was not her first attack. In Kruisberg-Hotondo, she tried twice to escape, but both times she was contained, the second time by Annemiek van Fluten (Mitchelton-Scott), who counter-attacked and got away. 'When Annemiek caught me again, I was tired,' van Hulten said. But everyone else was tired, too. But everyone else was tired, too. I wasn't planning on trying again in Quaremont, but I thought now might be the time. Van Vleuten reeled her in as Van der Breggen chased her down alone. When she caught up to Van Vleuten after a hard chase, Van der Breggen refused to take over. Van der Breugten relented, knowing that she would have to drag the world champion around and always risk a surprise attack. Van den Broeck-Braak's next attack, on Aude Quaremont, proved to be the decisive move, as Van den Broeck-Braak, who turns 31 on October 22, has six top-10 finishes, including two third places, in his 12th Tour de Flanders, a long time away! She was able to give herself an early birthday present by winning a race that had eluded her for so long. For Amy Peters, the runner-up finish behind her teammate was a repeat of the 2018 event, where she finished second behind Van den Breggen. She rejoiced for Van den Broeck-Bruggen and emphasized that it was a team win. Peeters was pleased with her result, saying, "If I can finish second behind my own teammate, that's the same as winning." In every race we can win together. It's great that everyone has a chance to be at the top of the podium. Everyone had a chance today and it was great that Chantal got away. Jolien was very important today. On paper, she is the fastest sprinter in the peloton. It's a shame she couldn't run with us in Aude Quaremont. The most important thing is that one of us wins.

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